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Pledge to Bring Clean Water AND Children's Laughter to Rural Africa
Sponsored by: PlayPumps InternationalAccess to clean water is a very serious problem for more than one billion people. But this doesn't have to be the case. This holiday season, you can help children in Africa have fun and be healthy. The PlayPump International water system pumps clean water while children play on a merry-go-round.
Did you know that water-related diseases are the leading cause of death in the world? And did you also know that:
Pledge your support to bring clean, safe water AND the sound of children's laughter to impoverished areas of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Did you know that water-related diseases are the leading cause of death in the world? And did you also know that:
- The average person in rural Africa must walk five miles to the nearest water source;
- Girls and women spend a total of over 200 million hours per day collecting water from often polluted sources; and
- The average five-gallon container of water weighs about 40 pounds.
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We signed the “Pledge to Bring Clean Water AND Children's Laughter to Rural Africa” petition!
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Water and other nessesities are basic human rights.
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the children of today are the future of tomorrow.....support them, love them, clean water is a necessity of life, not just an option.....it should be guaranteed.
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What a great idea!
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The award-winning PlayPumps design is an ingenius solution to a serious problem! To learn of it is inspiring in itself!
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Water is the elixir of life!
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the third world dreams of the lifestyle americans take for granted
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It is important to bring clean water to rural Africa, in order to stop the spread of disease.
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